Software Development Manager, Amazon Security Data Engineering

Amazon • San Diego, CA

3h

About The Position

Amazon Security Data Engineering seeks a Software Development Manager to lead
our Data Cataloging and Optimization team. You'll manage a team of software
developers building the critical optimization layer of Amazon's Security Data
Lake—a petabyte-scale platform supporting Apache Iceberg, AWS Glue, and Parquet
formats. Your team develops distributed systems for data compaction,
re-organization, and indexing that enable data engineers across AWS, Amazon
Stores, Digital, and other business units to reduce Incident Response and Threat
Hunting times from months to minutes. This role requires deep technical
expertise in building large-scale distributed systems and proven people
leadership skills. You'll drive technical vision, establish engineering best
practices, and grow high-performing teams while balancing multiple latency
requirements from real-time batch detections to historical threat hunting across
months of data.

Requirements

• 3+ years of engineering team management experience
• 7+ years of engineering experience
• 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services experience
• 3+ years of Software Engineer, Software Developer, or related occupational experience
• 1+ years of providing technical leadership and project management for all aspects of the software development lifecycle experience
• 1+ years of developing large-scale, multi-tiered distributed software systems using Java, C#, or C++ experience
• 1+ years of developing large-scale, multi-tiered distributed software systems using service-oriented architecture experience
• 1+ years of developing large-scale, multi-tiered distributed software systems using distributed programming experience
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
• Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and livesite operations
• Experience partnering with product or program management teams

Nice To Haves

• Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior leadership to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy
• Experience in recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills, and make them more effective, product software engineers

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of software developers building the Security Data Lake's cataloging and optimization platform
• Drive technical vision and roadmap for systems that manage petabyte-scale data catalogs supporting Apache Iceberg, AWS Glue, Parquet, and other formats
• Oversee the design and implementation of distributed systems for data optimization including compaction, re-organization, and indexing at scale
• Partner with data engineers and security teams across AWS, Amazon Stores, Digital, and other business units to understand their requirements and deliver platform capabilities
• Guide architectural decisions for systems that balance multiple latency scenarios—from minute-level batch detections to month-spanning threat hunting queries
• Establish software engineering best practices, code quality standards, and operational excellence for platform development
• Build systems that enable data engineers to optimize performance and reduce Incident Response and Threat Hunting times, directly impacting security outcomes
• Manage team capacity planning, sprint execution, and delivery commitments for critical security infrastructure
• Conduct performance reviews, career development conversations, and hiring activities
• Foster a culture of innovation, ownership, and customer obsession focused on building scalable platforms
• Collaborate with peer teams across Amazon Security and data platform teams to drive cross-functional initiatives
• Manage on-call and operational readiness

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager